Drone for checking ground?

[User00056]

Just bought one of these wee things.

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Anyone else fly them? I thought it might be a handy way of keeping an eye on deer numbers on my patch. Any tips, hints, or advice anyone can offer would be appreciated

 

[sauer]

I once got look at dji mavic2 zoom and was mental what could see with camera on it .... if one came up local ish id buy it

Few on FB marketplace but all far away

Paul

 

[User00056]

Few on FB marketplace but all far away

I've been thinking about one for a while now. We're plagued with illegal offroad bikes and flytippers at times too, so it'd also be handy for catching those buggers I reckon

 

[David.evans]

There a handy bit of kit it’s amazing what you can see from 120m up in the air
I’ve used mine for messing about , zeroed my 243 at 400 yards , and it worked perfectly, no spotting scope needed
And as for deer spotting you can’t go wrong

 

[Bavarianbrit]

Only £400 wow.

 

[User00056]

That's a good idea for zeroing!

 

[User00056]

Only £400 wow.

£60 off if you use the voucher, so £339! At that price it's well worth it. And the reviews are pretty good, too

 

[BenBhoy]

There a handy bit of kit it’s amazing what you can see from 120m up in the air
I’ve used mine for messing about , zeroed my 243 at 400 yards , and it worked perfectly, no spotting scope needed
And as for deer spotting you can’t go wrong

I was about to say you lazy bugger, but at your age & wearing crocs it must be a long walk!!

 

[John Gryphon]

£60 off if you use the voucher, so £339! At that price it's well worth it. And the reviews are pretty good, too

Is this the same ? £245 quid in Australia.

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[John Gryphon]

And the reviews are pretty good, too

Once you FF to the flying scenes it gets very very impressive....I`m going to look around a bit more and probably purchase.

 

[HonestJohn]

this has nothing to do with Deer stalking. What’s next, shooting them out of an armchair from the office?

If you want to be a deer stalker, do it properly. Spend time on the ground!

Call me an eccentric old Wa@ker if you will, but there’s hunting stalking and shooting,
And what is happening now with digital etc,
Is taking away the honourable element.

 

[Heym SR20]

this has nothing to do with Deer stalking. What’s next, shooting them out of an armchair from the office?

If you want to be a deer stalker, do it properly. Spend time on the ground!

Call me an eccentric old Wa@ker if you will, but there’s hunting stalking and shooting,
And what is happening now with digital etc,
Is taking away the honourable element.

Strap on a rifle and a grab for recovering the deer. Add in AI capabilities so it can work out what a deer looks like and which deer to take out.
Hand these all across to the powers that be. No need fir deerstalkers any more. No need for rifles or shotguns, so they all get melted down.

I suppose you could take up golf and be a golf bore like the US President. Free orange makeup supplied.

 

[User00056]

this has nothing to do with Deer stalking

Well no. But it'll be a damn fine tool to monitor numbers, track movements, etc.

 

[HonestJohn]

Well no. But it'll be a damn fine tool to monitor numbers, track movements, etc.

Nah, that’s for people who can’t be arsed to get out of bed and oversee ground one is supposed to manage. I’m not trying to be a dick. But, there’s wildlife management, and there’s laziness’s. How are you going to know which deer are cull deer and which are growers? How will you know which does have had twins and which are becoming barren, which are old and weak and sick?

Boots on the ground,

 

[User00056]

I’m not trying to be a dick

You're doing pretty well, regardless This has nothing to do with deer management, and I'm not a deer manager. I'm a recreational stalker with land on my doorstep, and if I decide to use a drone to entertain myself by looking at the ground I'll bloody well please myself

 

[HonestJohn]

You're doing pretty well, regardless This has nothing to do with deer management, and I'm not a deer manager. I'm a recreational stalker with land on my doorstep, and if I decide to use a drone to entertain myself by looking at the ground I'll bloody well please myself

Boom

 

[Goingback]

For the money, a great thing for a stalker, pro or am to have and use. It's nothing about laziness, it's an efficient way of checking your population and the dynamics of deer habits, complimenting your on-ground assessments.
Are scopes, bipods, binoculars also considered a lazy way to stalk deer? - no!

 

[Pedro]

'spose it's called progress.

Whenever something new comes along there's always those that say that it isn't right and it takes the sport out of the sport. We should all still be using cap and ball firearms, wearing only tweed and, of course scopes and any sort of mechanised transport to get deer off the hill should be crimes. And any sort of trickery to let you see in the dark should be a hanging offence.

I don't think anyone above is advocating actually stalking using drones on here. It's simply a different way to discover what's going on down on the ground.

 

[sauer]

Or if your ground is close to home and you've pikeys on the go allows you to easily monitor whenever you like. Without them seeing your motor or number plate

Paul

 

[David.evans]

Nah, that’s for people who can’t be arsed to get out of bed and oversee ground one is supposed to manage. I’m not trying to be a dick. But, there’s wildlife management, and there’s laziness’s. How are you going to know which deer are cull deer and which are growers? How will you know which does have had twins and which are becoming barren, which are old and weak and sick?

Boots on the ground,

Well that fine if you have boots as you say ON THE GROUND , bit different pal with a prosthetic foot , try covering 1600 acres like that